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    which brand of ram do you use and how is the best?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by merky works, Apr 29, 2006.

  1. merky works

    merky works Notebook Geek

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    just wondering what the general consensous was
     
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    RogueMonk Notebook Deity

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    For noteboo computers, most RAM is basicially the same. I would be more concerned with my retailer than with the RAM itself. If my retailer has good customer service and good RMA practices, then I'd get the RAM they have.

    If you are talking desktop RAM, then there are many considerations to take into accound.
     
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    Does the brand of RAM make any difference at all to the RAM performance? As long as they are exactly the same specifications, in memory, clock speed, latency...etc, and the two were compared in a test, surely both brands of RAM would perform similarly.
     
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    i think the main reason that people suggest getting brand name ram is that brand name ram is much more reliable than a no-name brand. this is not to say that no-brand ram doesn't work well....they just have been known to mess up more often.
     
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    I would imagine quality control & testing plays a large part.

    Good manufacturers I know of:
    Kingston
    Crucial
    Corsair
    PNY
    OCZ
     
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    merky works Notebook Geek

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    well my roommate has crucial in his notebook and he says that it is the best and what not. what im trying to figure out is if what makes some ram $150 and some $89. here are the ones im looking at

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145097

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145582

    but what i dont get is why there are price differences on these kingston ram
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820134058
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820134051
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820172111
    WHY?
     
    merky works, Apr 29, 2006
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  7. xbox360dellxpsm140guy

    xbox360dellxpsm140guy Notebook Guru

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    I had never heard of OCZ prior to last week. But when I searched for DDR2 pc 4200 533 mhz chips, newegg.com had them (I totally trust that site) and with a $9 rebate, the chip was like $70 or so.

    I popped the chip in yesterday when I got my laptop, it booted up and recognized the new chip, and then I ran memtest 3.4 for over an hour with zero errors.

    I don't think brand name is important, I think getting RAM that matches your system specs is important. The OCZ website didn't even list the Dell XPS M140 as a compatible laptop for its products, but it is!!!
     
    xbox360dellxpsm140guy, Apr 29, 2006
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